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NNPA NEWSWIRE — To combat the resulting uncertainty and help ensure that Black-owned businesses can sustain themselves and survive the pandemic, a team of influencers and public figures have joined together under the hashtag #Donate1post. The National Newspaper Publishers Association has agreed to
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EXCLUSIVE OP-ED: Time to Work Together to Strengthen Relationships Between Law Enforcement and Black Communities | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Recent protests in communities across the country, including in my home city of Louisville, suggest that many see the blindfold worn by Lady Justice not as an indication of blind justice, but as blinders to the many issues facing our society. Chief among these issues is the current
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by Mickell Lowery   When I was in middle school, my father, Myron Lowery, a graduate of LeMoyne-Owen College, informed me I would follow in his footsteps by attending his alma mater. He, along with many of my other family members lauded LOC and other HBCUs they attended as the best of the best and
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George Floyd And The Disease of White Supremacy In America And Around The World Your Black World
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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM 6.25.20 1PM ET — PARIS DENNARD, RNC Sr. Comm. Advisor for Black Media Affairs (1)
In March, the Republican National Committee hired Paris Dennard to engage Blacks and to improve Black support for President Trump. A lot has happened since then, and nearly every indicator measured — healthcare, employment, education, access to capital, etc. — establishes that things have only
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Pastor Acree says “Shore up witness protection program!” | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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Supreme Court Decision Jeopardizes CFPB’s Future and its Independence
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COMMENTARY: Wear Your Armor | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — How do we put on spiritual armor? We do so by daily absorbing scripture as truth, living in obedience to God, sharing the gospel and trusting Christ. That’s how to put armor on, study the Word, live according to biblical principles and believe that we live in a place infused with
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Ben Crump Heralded as Black America's Attorney General | BlackPressUSA
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Trump Month In Review: September
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Potential Financial Positives that Can Come Out of the Pandemic | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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